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Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	United States	Sudan	Finland
Dec 31, 1999	279,040	26,168	5,166
Dec 31, 2000	282,162	26,771	5,176
Dec 31, 2001	284,969	27,387	5,188
Dec 31, 2002	287,625	28,017	5,201
Dec 31, 2003	290,108	28,662	5,213
Dec 31, 2004	292,805	29,321	5,228
Dec 31, 2005	295,517	29,996	5,246
Dec 31, 2006	298,380	30,686	5,266
Dec 31, 2007	301,231	31,393	5,289
Dec 31, 2008	304,094	32,137	5,313
Dec 31, 2009	306,772	33,078	5,339
Dec 31, 2010	309,327	33,891	5,363
Dec 31, 2011	311,583	34,568	5,388
Dec 31, 2012	313,878	35,293	5,414
Dec 31, 2013	316,060	36,093	5,439
Dec 31, 2014	318,386	37,058	5,463
Dec 31, 2015	320,739	38,165	5,481
Dec 31, 2016	323,072	39,294	5,495
Dec 31, 2017	325,122	40,512	5,508
Dec 31, 2018	326,838	41,764	5,516
Dec 31, 2019	328,330	42,952	5,522
Dec 31, 2020	331,512	44,121	5,531
Dec 31, 2021	332,032	45,290	5,542
Dec 31, 2022	333,288	46,498	5,556

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

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Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

United States

1650 - 1790: McCusker, John J., ‘Colonial Statistics’, Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press. V-671.
1790 - 1870: Sutch, R. (2006). National Income and Product. Historical Statistics of the United States: Earliest Time to the Present, in S. B. Carter, S. S. Gartner, M. R. Haineset al. New York, Cambridge University Press III-23-25.
1800-1830: Prados de la Escosura, L. (2009). “Lost Decades? Economic Performance in Post-Independence Latin America,” Journal of Latin America Studies 41: 279–307. (updated data)
1820-1950: GDP movement from Maddison (1995a), amended for 1820–70 to include income of the indigenous population (taken to be $400 per capita in 1820 and 1870).

Finland

1600–1860: Eloranta, J., Voutilainen, M. and Nummela, I. (2016). “Estimating Finnish Economic Growth Before 1860” mimeo.
1860-1960: R. Hjerppe, The Finnish Economy 1860-1985: Growth and Structural Change, Bank of Finland, Helsinki, 1989, pp. 198-200.

No separate list is published for Sudan; the database as a whole is cited above.